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Few issues are more emotional, and therefore vulnerable to bad analysis, than urban crime risk. Solid research indicates that more compact and mixed development tends to increase neighborhood security. Jane Jacobs was right!
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Jeff Speck's new book not only makes the case for narrow, walkable streets, but also provides more detailed guidance for specialists.
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Arnab Chakraborty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Andrew McMillan of the University of Maryland College Park guest blog about a recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.
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Vertical cities could be much more than monolithic luxury towers, but the idea has its skeptics.
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A toolbox for local governments to address inequality.
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Planetizen's annual list of top books covers subjects in all varieties of planning: urban planning, community planning, environmental planning, and more.
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A few notes on the policy landscape and media narratives that have emerged in response to the sudden appearance of electric scooter rental companies onto the planning scene.
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The Charter of the New Urbanism favors infill development, yet new urbanists sometimes oppose infill, especially in historic urban areas. This post speculates on why that might be the case.
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After the news broke that Amazon was reportedly going to split its HQ2 plans between New York City and Washington, D.C., some cities are left console themselves. A Planetizen opinion piece picks up the pieces.
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Election results from every corner of the country.
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The most topical show on television got in on the e-scooter craze this week.
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This year's top Halloween costume: a public service announcement to drive safely on Halloween.
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In The Battle of Lincoln Park, Daniel Kay Hertz chronicles the gentrification of Lincoln Park, and shows how its residents displaced renters and the poor.
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A survey of planning offices in the United States reveals an important dynamic of professional practice.
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News of a class action lawsuit leads the headlines in the Wild West of mini mobility devices.
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Anecdotal evidence isn't enough to make claims about the connection between density and crime, but the planning orthodoxy does so anyway.
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The upsides and downsides of state lottery programs.
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As cities swell and car use soars, U.S. cities should take note of some bold, even radical, emissions-reducing policies being deployed around Europe.
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When neighborhoods are allowed to plan and zone without considering the regionwide interest in increasing housing stock, scarcity results.
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The Call to Action on Climate and Health is an ambitious plan to achieve both global climate and health goals. Planners can help identify win-win solutions that provide multiple benefits and so can build broad implementation coalitions.
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The Coal+Ice exhibition was on view in San Francisco in September 2018, timed to leverage Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit.
